Mechanical Engineering-CIME articles from February 2009

Mechanical Engineering-CIME archives from February 2009

42%.(www.memagazine.org)
February 1, 2009... 42% THE PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS WHOSE COMPANIES' MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTS WERE NOT DEVELOPED ENTIRELY IN-HOUSE.

Question of the month results.(www.memagazine.org)
February 1, 2009... QUESTION OF THE MONTH: In his book, Open Innovation, author Henry Chesbrough writes: "Not all smart people work for you." Often, an issue facing one company has already been addressed by another. There is a growing online global trade in...

Exclusive to Mechanical Engineering online.(www.memagazine.org)
February 1, 2009... A long-time executive in the petroleum industry, James R. Hutton, is an ASME member and a registered Professional Engineer in four states. "During my career, I learned a lot about what impressed customers and what would get the orders," he...

Energy policy.(editorial)(Editorial)
February 1, 2009... WHERE I LIVE, ultra gasoline hovers above $2.10 a gallon and regular about a buck-eighty-five--a bargain from what gas prices were just six months ago. In parts outside the Northeast, gasoline prices have dropped even lower, and many of us are...

More on Westinghouse.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2009... To the Editor: I read the article titled "A Man for His People" in the October 2008 issue with great interest. Could the editors of Mechanical Engineering or the article's author, Ed Reis, make a recommendation for a well-written biography of...

Getting it together.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2009... To the Editor: I am currently a senior mechanical engineering student at the United States Coast Guard Academy and just finished reading the September article "Interdisciplinary by Design." As a current student, I feel that this article...

Too quiet on wheels.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2009... To the Editor: In the October issue, Tech Focus discussed a problem the Tesla electric car development team has noticed, in that pedestrians don't hear the nearly silent car approaching, and may step in front of it. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Strength and modulus.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2009... To the Editor: When I saw the headline that we have a material with a 1,000 GPa strength (News & Notes, September), I was floored. But, the recall of the old conceptual myth that modulus and strength are interchangeable pulled me up (no...

Considering alternatives.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
February 1, 2009... To the Editor: We applaud Robert Fisher's recommendation (Letters, October 2008) that we need a "technical, chemical, environmental, economic analysis of the front runners" representing alternate fuels. Such would undoubtedly include the close...

A key standard enters new edition.(American Society of Mechanical Engineers)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The ASME Y14.5 standard on geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, which establishes language to communicate function and relationships of part features, has been reorganized and expanded for the first time in more than a decade. The 2009...

ASME certificate milestone in nuclear renaissance.(American Society Of Mechanical Engineers)(South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... There has been a lot of talk of a comeback in the nuclear industry, but it sometimes feels that the real renaissance is in PowerPoint presentations and architectural renderings. However, in a tangible sign of progress, ASME recently issued an...

Manufacturing advice.(Quickparts introduces new service)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The Web-based manufacturer Quickparts has introduced a new service: design for manufacturing consultation for rapid prototyping and injection molded parts. According to the company, the DFM service allows customers to take advantage of the...

Consortium sunset.(Consortium on Standards and Conformity Assessment to shut down its operations)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The Consortium on Standards and Conformity Assessment, a U.S. government-funded effort to promote U.S. codes and standards in China, is winding down its operations. The consortium was formed by four standards-issuing organizations--ASME,...

Online green source.(Knovel Corp. to add subject to its database)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... An online engineering database, Knovel, has added a new subject area: sustainable energy and development. The company, which operates from the Web site www.knovel.com, said that it developed the subject area to meet the growing demands of...

First aid chemical wipe.(fabric wipe to cure skin diseases)
February 1, 2009... Research funded by the Department of Homeland Security has identified a new nonwoven fabric wipe as a significantly effective initial treatment for exposure to chemical warfare agents and toxic chemicals. The wipe, designed by a researcher...

Safe nanotube breakdown.
February 1, 2009... Nanotubes are certainly small, but they've never been shown to be safe. Now, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say they've come up with a nontoxic way for carbon nanotubes to biodegrade. The finding, they said, could ease...

No renewable bottleneck.(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... It's been an article of faith that one of the biggest roadblocks to boosting wind and solar generating capacity is the electrical grid. According to this argument, when they contribute only a few percent of the grid's power, they are not a...

Progress Energy Florida and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have announced an agreement designed to protect the environment and significantly reduce the company's use of coal-fired power generation.(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Progress Energy Florida and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have announced an agreement designed to protect the environment and significantly reduce the company's use of coal-fired power generation. As part of the agreement,...

Riley Power Inc,, based in Worcester, Mass., said that it has received a contract from Interstate Power and Light Co.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... Riley Power Inc,, based in Worcester, Mass., said that it has received a contract from Interstate Power and light Co. for the design and supply of a selective catalytic reduction system and low N[O.sub.x] burners for its Lansing Generating...

The Boeing Co.(reschedules the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The Boeing Co, has rescheduled the first flight of its 787 Dreamliner to the second quarter of 2009 and first delivery into the first quarter of 2010. The new schedule reflects a four- to six-month delay from the impact of disruption caused by...

Advanced Metal Etching Inc.(expands its Ligonier plant)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Advanced Metal Etching Inc. has expanded its Ligonier, Ind., plant. New equipment and workflow design are expected to yield a 70 percent capacity increase. The company specializes in photo-chemical etching of fiat metal parts used in...

Siemens PLM Software.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... Siemens PLM Software of Plano, Texas, is shipping version 10 of its Femap finite element analysis software.

DP Technology.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... A maker of computer-aided-manufacturing software, DP Technology of Camarillo, Calif., has released version 10 of its Esprit Mold software.

Hawker Beechcraft Corp.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Wichita, Kan.-based Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force with an estimated value of $171 million. The contract is for 23 extended-range special mission Beechcraft King Air 350ER turboprops. Deliveries will...

Coal-to-liquids plant set for West Virginia.(TransGas Development Systems LLC )(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... An independent power company, TransGas Development Systems LLC of Charleston, W.Va., plans to build a coal-to-liquids plant in West Virginia. TGDS has filed a permit to build the $3 billion facility in Mingo County. "West Virginia remains...

Machine-made armor.(COMPUTING)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... One widely recognized element of the traditional Japanese armor worn by Samurai warriors is the ornate helmet--called the kabuto--adorned with family crests, sculptures, and mythical images. Tomco, a manufacturer in Tokyo that carries out...

Sea search help.(Search-and-Rescue Survival Model)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... British and U.S. researchers are developing a new computer model to predict how long someone will survive when lost at sea, to determine when a search-and-rescue operation should be stopped. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Researchers at the...

A leg up.(COMPUTING)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The path to a computer science degree can be more complicated for visually impaired students than for their sighted counterparts. While some devices make it easier for visually impaired students to use computers, the visual nature of modern...

Robotic service dog.(COMPUTING)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have engineered a robot that mirrors the actions of service dogs to help cut the costs and waiting times for real, live service dogs. "It's a road to get robots out there helping people...

A smiling car.(COMPUTING)
February 1, 2009... No one needs to tell Disney, which brought the likes of Herbie the Love Bug and Lightning McQueen to the big screen, that cars have personality. Now a study co-authored by a Florida State University researcher has found through statistical...

Fastest computer.(COMPUTING)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The petaflop IBM supercomputer nicknamed Roadrunner, which resides at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, has held on to its top spot as the world's fastest supercomputer, as ranked by an organization called Top500. In May, the...

Detecting a bad mood.(COMPUTING)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? A computer might. A researcher at Concordia University in Montreal is developing a computer image processing system that detects and classifies human facial expressions. The system aims...

Altair Engineering.(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... To help displaced engineers increase their marketability to employers, Altair Engineering of Troy, Mich., is offering free technology training courses and Licenses for computer-aided engineering software.

Dassault Systemes.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Dassault Systemes of Paris is shipping CZone for Abaqus, from the company's DS Simulia brand. The package is used to simulate the crushing of composite materials and is an add-on product for Abaqus FEA software.

Autodesk Inc. of San Rafael, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the iLogic software and related technology from Logimetrix Inc. of Windsor, Ontario.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... Autodesk Inc. of San Rafael, Calif., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the iLogic software and related technology from Logimetrix Inc. of Windsor, Ontario. The software is desktop, rules-based, design automation technology. Terms...

Coade Inc.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Coade Inc. of Houston has released an updated edition of its Coade Video Training Course for CADWorx Rant Professional. The course has been revised to take into account the Latest functionality of AutoCAD 2009 and CADWorx Plant Professional...

Delcam.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Delcam of Birmingham, England, has released upgrades to its ArtCAM 2009 family of software for artistic applications. This includes the entry-level version, ArtCAM Express, for those new to CNC machining; ArtCAM Insignia for production...

Theorem Solutions.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Theorem Solutions of Staffordshire, England, announced that its CADVerter now offers translation of CAD data between Catia version 5, revision 19, and the software programs NX, I-deas, CADDSS, ICEMsurf, and ProductView.

Aftercad Software.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Aftercad Software of Vancouver, British CoLumbia, has launched the commercial release of Aftercad Online, a service offering that allows businesses to view, mark up, manage, and publish Large CAD files to the Web without the need for...

Nemetschek North America.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... Nemetschek North America of CoLumbia, Md, has released Service Pack 1 for the Vectorworks 2009 product line.

Parallel Graphics.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... A maker of 3-D authoring software, Parallel Graphics of Dublin, Ireland, has released its Cortona3D Rapid Product range coupled with the Cortona3D viewer: The package gives companies the ability to create electronic spare parts catalogs, online...

Lattice Technology.(briefly noted)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... A maker of digital manufacturing applications using the XML format, Lattice Technology of San Francisco, has released three packages of its XVL software targeted at manufacturing functions.

Wolfram Research.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... Mathematica 7 has been released by Wolfram Research of Champaign, Ill.

Materialise.(briefly noted)
February 1, 2009... Materialise of Leuven, Belgium, has upgraded Mimics, the company's medical image processing package, to version 12.1.

Finding a pump.(SOFTWARE EXCHANGE)
February 1, 2009... Capability: Using the updated pump-selection software Pump-Flo 10, you can browse, evaluate, and analyze the centrifugal pumps featured in many manufacturers' electronic catalogs. Upgraded features include the capability to determine the proper...

CAM for CAD.(SOFTWARE EXCHANGE)
February 1, 2009... Capability: The computer-aided manufacturing program RhinoCAM 2.0 is a plug-in CAM application for the CAD program Rhinoceros 4.0. It offers full data associativity and shares a user interface with that program. The upgrade introduces new...

+ Steam trap monitoring: adding value by cutting waste.(TECH FOCUS: Instrumentation and Control)(Editorial)
February 1, 2009... STEAM TRAPS ARE MECHANICAL DEVICES DESIGNED TO HELP IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF STEAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. When functioning properly, steam traps remove condensate and incondensable gases from steam, improving the system's ability to transfer...

Blade test record.(TECH FOCUS: Instrumentation and Control)(Test Devices Inc.)
February 1, 2009... A company that has developed proprietary technology for testing turbine blades recently completed a round of tests on F-class rotor blades, which may have set a record of sorts. The company, Test Devices Inc. in Hudson, Mass., tests blades...

Oil light for everything.(TECH FOCUS: Instrumentation and Control)(Georgia Institute of Technology )(Report)
February 1, 2009... The dashboards of most cars have a spot for a useful little light, the one that flashes "check oil" when the engine's lubrication system appears to be compromised. It wasn't always thus: Pulling the dipstick and studying the quantity and...

Watch on the pipeline.(TECH FOCUS: Instrumentation and Control)(Birchcliff Energy Ltd.)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... There are oil and gas under the ground in northern Alberta, and Birchcliff Energy Ltd. of Calgary operates a pipeline to take some of it to markets. The path from one of its well sites, near the town of Worsley, travels a 650-meter slope that...

Counterfeiting GPS.(TECH FOCUS: Instrumentation and Control)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Global Positioning System has become so integrated into everyday lives--GPS receivers are built into many cell phones now--that few people question the reliability of its data. But a team of researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in...

Outside help: companies are making connections to enrich--and accelerate--product development.(engineering management)(Cover story)(Company overview)
February 1, 2009... When it comes to covering territory, Procter & Gamble is an empire. It has more than 300 brands, most of them recognized worldwide, under which it sells products ranging from pet food and laundry detergent to prescription drugs and cosmetics....

Hands around the job: training within industry provides a strong foundation for a lean culture.(engineering management)
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As any good engineer knows, the key to building a quality product starts with its foundation. This is especially true in manufacturing. A solid base of processes, procedures, and training needs to act as the...

5 myths: when it comes to selecting managers, there are common assumptions that doom many to failure.(engineering management)
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sooner or later, nearly every mechanical engineer confronts the question of whether to move into management, and every manager is faced with selecting a new manager from the ranks of the engineering staff. By most...

How much are you worth? A continuing survey is compiling hard data on engineering pay scales.(engineering management)(Survey)
February 1, 2009... The national average pay for an engineer in the United States last year was just under $95,000, according to a survey being conducted by ASME and two other professional societies. The income and salary survey is an open-ended poll that will...

Buyer & seller: remember, you're in the people business.(engineering management)
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Our relationships with other people can be difficult or pleasant. We choose our friends because we enjoy their company. In business, our relationships are matters of trade. We sell to people or we pay them. Of...

Down to the atom: supercomputers take researchers to new points of view.
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Supercomputing is more commonly associated with electrical rather than mechanical engineering, but that is changing. A vast range of mechanical engineering problems--issues of optimization, friction, turbulence,...

Wrangling the high-performance computer: an international organization of researchers is available to step in with specialist expertise.(Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd.)
February 1, 2009... If you are redesigning an airplane wing and need to know more about the turbulence flow around it, Naveed Durrani and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield's mechanical engineering department in England will tell you that the...

When every gram counts: a contractor used micropumps for a backup hydrautic system and cut weight from a supersize aircraft.
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With an overall length of 73 meters and a wingspan of nearly 80 meters, the Airbus A380 provides seating for 525 passengers and a range of 15,200 km (more than 9,400 miles)--sufficient to fly nonstop from New York to...

Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks. Volume 18.(ASME BOOK SHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2009... Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks. Volume 18. Editors: Cihan H. Dagli, David L. Enke, K. Mark Bryden, Halil Ceylan, and Mitsuo Gen. ASME Press, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990. 2008. 700 pages....

Switchpoints: Culture Change on the Fast Track to Business Success.(ASME BOOK SHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2009... SWITCHPOINTS: CULTURE CHANGE ON THE FAST TRACK TO BUSINESS SUCCESS. Judy Johnson, Les Dakens, Peter Edwards, and Ned Morse. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030. 2008. 254 pages. $29.95. ISBN 978-0470-28383-7. ...

Engineers Make a Difference.(ASME BOOK SHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2009... ENGINEERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Celeste Brine. Engineering Education Service Center, an imprint of Bonamy Publishing, 1004 5th St., Springfield, OR 97477. 2009. 144 pages. Softcover. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-9819300-0-8. Subtitled "Motivating...

Surrender to Win: Regain Sanity by Strategically Relinquishing Control.(ASME BOOK SHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2009... SURRENDER TO WIN: REGAIN SANITY BY STRATEGICALLY RELINQUISHING CONTROL. Laura Harris. Greenleaf Book Group Press, 4425 S. Mo Pac Expwy., Suite 600, Austin, TX 78735. 2009. 246 pages. $23.95. ISBN 978-1-929774-55-5. The cost of replacing an...

Stability and Optimization of Structures.(ASME BOOK SHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2009... STABILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURES. Makoto Ohsaki and Kiyohiro Ikeda. Springer Science+Business Media LLC, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013. 2007. 272 pages. $149. ISBN 978-0-387-68183-2. The authors say this is one of the first...

Elements of Stress Analysis.(ASME BOOK SHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
February 1, 2009... ELEMENTS OF STRESS ANALYSIS. Jacques Heyman. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013. 2008. Softcover. 108 pages. $29.99. ISBN 978-0-521-73088-4. This book discusses problems that arise in elasticity theory...

ASME codes & standards.(American Society of Mechanical Engineers )
February 1, 2009... ASME International, Codes & Standards, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990 (212) 591-8500 Fax: (212) 591-8501 e-mail: cs@asme.org We invite you to visit our Web site: www. asme.org/codes. If you are looking for...

Quick-acting clamps.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Quick-acting clamps CARR LANE MFG. CO., ST. LOUIS, MO. Suitable for welding, assembly, repairs, woodworking, and general purpose clamping, these patented heavy-duty shark clamps have a quick-acting pushbutton to...

Slimline lamp.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. Omega's new SL025 Series of slimline lamps is equipped with on/off switch and movement sensor. The user has the choice of a lamp with or without electrical sockets. A magnet...

Adapter for machinery.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... ABB INC., NEW BERLIN, WIS. The FENA-01 Ethernet adapter, for the company's ACS350 drive line, supports both EtherNet/IP and Modbus/ TCP protocols. According to the company, this is a useful solution for OEMs and system integrators focused on...

Performance lubricants.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... DUPONT PERFORMANCE LUBRICANTS, WILMINGTON, DEL. Krytox AUT is a new line of products designed to address the automotive industry's need for lubricants that combine performance at low temperatures--during equipment start-up, for example--and...

Potentiometer.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... SPECTRUM SENSORS & CONTROLS INC., GRASS VALLEY, CALIF. The company's new flange mount, motorized plastic rotary potentiometer has a diameter of 1.650 in. with 45-in. side located 24 AWG lead wires. The small size and high reliability of this...

3-D printing system.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... 3D SYSTEMS CORP., ROCK HILL, S.C. The ProJet CPX 3000 3-D production system is a high-definition 3-D printer designed for high-volume, very high-resolution production of finely detailed RealWax patterns from digital data. These RealWax patterns...

Outdoors transducer.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... CELESCO TRANSDUCER PRODUCTS INC., CHATSWORTH, CALIF. The SR1V is a rugged, low-cost, high-performance cable-extension transducer for position feedback in wet environments and outdoor applications. It was originally designed for off-road...

Roll alignment kit.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... PINPOINT LASER SYSTEMS INC., PEABODY, MASS. Pinpoint's roll alignment kit facilitates the alignment of rollers, idlers, take-up reels, shafts, and web-handling systems. This newest addition to the Pinpoint line is compact and said to be easy to...

Integrated servo.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... ANIMATICS CORP., SANTA CLARA, CALIF. Animatics has added power and functionality to its top servos, while lowering the cost. The new products are called the SM2316D-PLS2 and the SM2316DT-PLS2. As before, these small servomotors are actually...

Liquid density meter.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT, AUSTIN, TEXAS. The explosion-proof and flame-proof certified version of Emerson's Micro Motion 7835 custody transfer density meter includes the features and performance of the 7835 density meter, while eliminating...

Machining center.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... HAAS AUTOMATION INC., OXNARD, CALIF. The company is expanding its line of 5-axis machines with the VF-2TR trunnion machining center, a compact VMC equipped with a factory-installed, dual-axis trunnion table that provides full 5-axis...

Energy-saving gearmotors.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... BISON GEAR & ENGINEERING CORP., ST. CHARLES, ILL, In response to customer desires to increase efficiency in equipment employing fractional horsepower electric motors, Bison has introduced its new 107 series Verdant Duty gearmotors in five...

Smoothing process.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... STRATASYS INC., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The Smoothing Station improves the surface finish of ABS-based thermoplastic parts made via FDM. The improved smoothness is equal to an injection-molded part, according to the company. The system's...

Long-stroke gripper.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... SCHUNK INC., MORRISVILLE, N.C. Schunk has tailored its LEG long-stroke electric gripper to meet the automation requirements of the packaging industry regarding lightweight gripping systems with flexible strokes. The LEG was developed as a...

Sound level meter.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... SCANTEK INC., COLUMBIA, MD. P, ion's newest product is an ultracompact, lightweight, and almost invisible integrating sound level meter, the NL-27. Its 4-in. (11 mm) size hides a functional, compact meter, useful for community noise enforcement...

Small semiconductor heater.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. RC010 small heaters are energy savers. They are compact in size and are designed to prevent condensation and to ensure a minimum operating temperature in small enclosures. This CE compliant product has a...

Electric actuators.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] METSO AUTOMATION, NORTHBOROUGH, MASS. Valvcon ADC Series battery-backup powered actuators, from Metso, now otter a new hi/low analog alarm capability that monitors a variety of operational conditions for each valve...

Brush dc servo motors.(NEW PRODUCTS)
February 1, 2009... AMETEK TECHNICAL & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, KENT, OHIO. Pittman brand Series 6000 brush-commutated dc servo motors have been engineered to deliver more power than most other dc motors of similar size, the company says. These 22 mm-diameter motors,...